Idiom: waste away

Meaning

Idiom: waste away

After my grandma died, my grandfather didn’t want to eat and began to waste away.

After I got cancer, I started wasting away until I began drinking these high-calorie nutritious shakes.
When my son started wasting away, we never suspected it was because of anorexia because we didn't think boys developed eating disorders.
When I go mononucleosis, I first thought it was great to lose so much weight but when you waste away you lose a lot of muscle too and just feel terribly weak.
My best friend wasted away when he got treated for colon cancer.
Please go into a treatment program. You're going to waste away if you don't stop the drugs.
The refugees were wasting away during their journey from Africa to Europe.
My aunt went from obese to wasting away in just six months. I wish she could just be healthy.